A new exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Exeter) investigates aspects of Devon and Exeter’s relationship with the transatlantic slave trade that are all around us, but for some remain ‘hidden in plain sight.’
Dr Laura Sandy, Senior Lecturer in the History of Slavery and Director of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery (University of Liverpool), has been part of the advisory panel (2018-2021) for RAMM working in conjunction with stakeholders from the local communities, educators, researchers, and students to create a new exhibition on Devon’s links with transatlantic slavery, which opened on 29th January 2022.
“It has been a pleasure to work with RAMM in developing this important exhibition about Transatlantic slavery,” Dr Laura Sandy, Senior Lecturer in the History of Slavery said. “The picture at the centre of the exhibit remains in many ways mysterious. Yet it reveals so much too: our past is far more complex than we often realise. As we continue to struggle with questions about our identity and sense of belonging, unearthing these “hidden histories” and telling these stories is more important than ever. Through such collective efforts and the crucial inclusion of marginalised perspectives, we can start to rethink the historical memory of international slavery, the impact of its legacies, and together fight global inequality.”
